Category: Community Abroad

Probashbangla24 online Desk : Gina Haspel, the veteran CIA undercover officer President Donald Trump picked on Tuesday to head the agency, is supported by many in the US intelligence community but has faced criticism for overseeing a secret CIA prison in Thailand where detainees were tortured. Intelligence officers who served with her, and congressional officials said…

Bangladesh Dhaka corrspondent : Awami League has drawn up a massive countrywide programme to observe the historic 7th March tomorrow (Wednesday) as Bangabandhu had delivered his landmark speech on that day in 1971 directing the freedom-loving Bangalees for waging a decisive struggle against the Pakistan occupation forces. This year, the day is much more significant for…

Probashbangla24 online Desk : Jared Kushner, who has worn dueling hats for more than a year as President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, has been stripped of his access to the nation’s top secrets, officials said Tuesday after his security clearance was downgraded. Kushner, along with other White House officials who had been operating…

Probashbangla24 Desk : A scientist and university academic described as a “warped and sadistic” paedophile has been jailed for 32 years after blackmailing a string of vulnerable victims, many teenagers, into carrying out depraved sexual and physical acts. Matthew Falder, 29, a Cambridge graduate, admitted 137 offences against 46 victims, male and female, including blackmail, voyeurism,…

Probashbangla24 Desk : A 24-year-old Bangladeshi woman was charged with terrorism after an alleged ‘Islamic State-inspired’ stabbing in Australia’s Melbourne, reports an Australian newspaper. Momena Shoma, a student and Bangladeshi national, was remanded in custody on one count of engaging in a terrorist act after facing Melbourne Magistrates Court, local police said during a briefing on…

Probashbangla24 Desk : There are fears of an environmental disaster in the East China Sea as a tanker continues to leak oil two days after colliding with a cargo ship. Chinese officials have told state media the Sanchi is in danger of exploding and sinking. Rescuers attempting to reach the site were being beaten back by…

Probashbangla24 Desk : The US government is cutting almost all security aid to Pakistan, saying it has failed to deal with terrorist networks operating on its soil. The state department said the freeze would remain in place until Islamabad took action against the Haqqani network and the Afghan Taliban. Earlier this week, President Trump accused Pakistan…

Probashbangla24 Desk : Street crews are digging out snow-clogged roads across the US east coast after a powerful “bomb cyclone” winter storm, with temperatures set to plunge further during the brutal cold spell that has already killed at least 18 people. From Baltimore to Caribou, Maine, workers battled to clear snow and ice as wind chills…

Probashbangla24 Desk : After hearing heartbreaking stories of refugees who have struggled to reconnect with their families and listening to the plight of others who strive to leave dangerous situations, a federal judge said he would try to issue a ruling on a motion to block a Trump administration ban on refugees before Christmas. Late on…

Probashbangla24 Desk : Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed senior military officials to top posts in his first cabinet on Friday in what was widely seen as a reward for the army’s role in the removal of his predecessor, Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa was sworn in as president a week ago after 93-year-old Mugabe quit in the wake…